Press Releases
10-09-2020
The National Institute of Intelligence and Security "Bogdan, the Founder of Moldova"(NIIS) of the Security and Intelligence Service launches, for the first time, a specialized journal “National Security Studies”....
09-09-2020
Security and Intelligence Service marks today, 9 September, the Day of state security bodies employees and the 29 th anniversary since the creation of the special service of the Republic of Moldova. Igor DODON, President of the Republic of Moldova and Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, Victor GAICIUC, Secretary of the Supreme Security Council and Adviser to the President of the Republic of Moldova on National Defense and Security, members of the Cabinet of Ministers, and other guests of honor attended the event....
09-09-2020
H onorable o fficers, non-commissioned officers, veterans and employees of the Security and Intelligence Service,...
08-09-2020
The subject of the security mandate as an essential tool in the activity of the Security and Intelligence Service was debated at the National Institute of Intelligence and Security “Bogdan, the Founder of Moldova”. About 50 experts, researchers and representatives of authorities competent in the field of national security took part in the mixed event with both online and offline components organized today, 8 September, under the auspices of the Security and Intelligence Service. During the conference, the guests discussed a wide range of...
26-08-2020
The Security and Intelligence Service organized a charity event dedicated to the Independence Day of the Republic of Moldova. About 80 intelligence officers voluntarily took part in the blood donation campaign, including employees who recovered from COVID-19, so that all those in need could receive safe and quality-assured transfusions and blood components, in these difficult times. With this initiative, the SIS has set itself an altruistic and responsible goal, to help replenish national blood supply. At the same time, the institution aimed...
11-08-2020
More than 30 artillery projectiles and warheads of various calibers, as well as two aviation projectiles from the Second World War were found in a forest near Vadul lui Vodă. The ammunition was detected following an assessment of the intelligence that Antiterrorist Centre of the SIS held. The shells were posing an increased explosion hazard. For that reason, the institution informed Ciocana District Police Inspectorate, which subsequently, according to its competencies, requested the intervention of the sappers from the National Army in order...
04-08-2020
Officers of the Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the employees of the Customs Service, and prosecutors, dismantled a criminal group specialized in particularly large-scale smuggling of consumer goods. One individual has been placed in preventive detention for 20 days and the other four are currently placed under house arrest. The criminal activity of the accused has been documented during the last months, when officers determined modus operandi of the group members, their travel routes, as well as places for supply, storage and...
“Metalferos” Case: Criminal Prosecution in Coordination with the General Prosecutor's Office (video)
04-08-2020
The Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the General Prosecutor's Office and the support of the Internal Protection and Anti-Corruption Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) carried out yesterday a series of criminal prosecution actions in the case on JSC “Metalferos” fraud. In fact, 31 searches were carried out at the premises of the shell and brokerage companies associated with “Metalferos”, through which schemes for metal purchasing and financial liquidity transfers were executed. Criminal prosecution actions were also...
31-07-2020
On July 31, intelligence officers of the Antiterrorist Centre jointly with the Bălți Territorial Department found a container with four metal tubes, containing about 20 kilograms of mercury from Ukraine, camouflaged and half-buried in a strip of forest close to a farmland near the village of Fundurii Noi, Glodeni district. After the detection of toxic substances, SIS employees requested the intervention of the rescue team from the Department for Radiation, Chemical, Medical and Biological Protection of the G eneral Inspectorate for Emergency...
21-07-2020
The Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) conducted searches within a criminal case for smuggling, on 20 July 2020, in a warehouse situated in a town from the Republic of Moldova, in close proximity to the border with Romania. 570 boxes were found in the warehouse, containing 285 thousand packs of cigarettes, and another 585 boxes with 292 500 packs of cigarettes were found in three minibuses, with Romanian license plates. Therefore, a total of 1155 boxes...
16-07-2020
Security and Intelligence Service successfully completed the repatriation operation of a Moldovan citizen with her family from the Syrian conflict zone. The Moldovan woman and her four children, detained since 2019 in the “Al Hawl” camp due to military clashes in Syria, were welcomed at Chişinău International Airport by Igor DODON, President of the Republic of Moldova, Esra ŞEN, Chargée d’Affaires ad-interim of the Turkish Embassy in Chisinau, and Alexandr ESAULENCO, Director of the Security and Intelligence Service. The repatriated person...
15-07-2020
Antiterrorist Centre of the Security and Intelligence Service issued a newsletter regarding its activity in the first 6 months of this year, reporting some of the unit’s achievements during that period. Thus, on the analytical branch, the Center carried out 3 studies on the following topics: ✓ “Evolution of terrorist attacks in 2019”; ✓ “Prospect of using extremist literature from some branches of Islam on the national territory”; ✓ “Perspective of the United Nations and other international bodies on preventing and combating extremist-violent...
14-07-2020
National Institute of Intelligence and Security “Bogdan, the Founder of Moldova” launched the initiative of creating a platform for communication, discussions and debates between civil society, academics and the Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova on topics related to security and national interests. The aim of the initiative is to enhance transparency, perception of the need and essence of the taken actions, as well as to develop the security culture in the society. Within the framework of the platform, on 20 May 2020...
13-07-2020
During the first semester of 2020, the Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova received 215 petitions. Of the total number, 135 petitions were addressed by individuals, 60 by legal entities, 9 collective petitions, and 11 anonymous. We also note that 7 requests concern access to information, while 33 are public interest requests. The most common issues raised by petitioners include: alleged irregularities within the central public authorities, especially in the National Army, penitentiary institutions, as well as the...
10-07-2020
Today, on July 10, the graduation ceremony of a new class of intelligence officers took place at the National Institute of Intelligence and Security "Bogdan, the Founder of Moldova". The event was attended by the leadership of the Security and Intelligence Service and teaching staff of the institute. The SIS Director, Alexandr ESAULENCO, evoked in his speech that the current class graduates in complex circumstances, in which the whole humanity faces a fundamental challenge, able to redefine the structure and objectives of the security...